World’s Best Nonrepresentational Sculptors: MANDL, LI, HERR, ASHBOURNE, ACOSTA, MICHAELS, CIRTAUTIENE, AFSHAR & LEIMKUELLER / 2024 WORLD ART AWARDS

Thom Bierdz
5 min readJun 30, 2024

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Artists from 61 countries competed in the 2024 WORLD ART AWARDS where 20 of the most revered galleries in the world were sent online images to score in drawing, painting, sculpture, digital and photography. The 300+ winning works, 1st to 6th Place (and ties) in all 50 categories, have been revealed in this column one category at a time.

The WINNERS in CATEGORY 50. SCULPTURE — NON-REPRESENTATIONAL
are in SWEDEN, TAIWAN, USA, CANADA, CUBA, LITHUANIA, AZERBAIJAN & AUSTRIA.

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE: CATEGORY 50. SCULPTURE — NON-REPRESENTATIONAL

1st Place PETER MANDL SWEDEN www.petermandl.com “Memento” 56x47x31 cm Glass.

2nd Place — Tie HSIEH TE LI TAIWAN (R.O.C.) 50x35x80cm https://www.novumdesignaward.com/winner/NDA230565 “The Bottle Of Immortal Heroes” Hard clay, silicone, color masterbatch, polyurethane.

2nd Place — Tie DEVIN HERR USA d.herr.designs@gmail.com “Carbon Footprint” 18x24x20” Carved wood and welded metal pencil stock.

3rd Place — Tie TOM ASHBOURNE CANADA www.tomashbourne.com “True North” 15x11x6" Alabaster, copper gilt, opal quartz, granite base.

3rd Place — Tie MOISES GONZALEZ ACOSTA CUBA https://www.instagram.com/MoisesGonzalez462/ “America” 74.5x41x20cm Acrylic, carved wood.

4th Place — Tie TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Swagger” 214x39" Mixed media on panel with semi precious stones.

4th Place — Tie TOM ASHBOURNE CANADA www.tomashbourne.com “Primal” 23x9x7" Black chlorite, granite base.

5th Place — Tie IRENA CIRTAUTIENE LITHUANIA https://irenacirtautiene.myportfolio.com/ “Connected” 110x100cm Acrylic on canvas, mixed technique.

5th Place — Tie NATIQ JAMAL AFSHAR AZERBAIJAN natik1208@mail.ru “Sail” 20x20x8cm Alabaster, plastic, wood and metal.

6th Place — Tie TATIANA LEIMKUELLER AUSTRIA https://mysculptureanddrawings.tilda.ws/portfolio “Ropes And Colores” 160x138x70cm Ropes, artificial glass, paint, plastic wires.

In 2024, WORLD ART AWARDS had submissions from these 61 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, UK, Ukraine, USA, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia.

The World Art Awards 20 Best Galleries & Museums for 2024 who were asked to score art: (in alphabetical order by country):

Best in Australia: Bungendore Wood Works Gallery

Best in Chile: Isabel Aninat Gallery

Best in Columbia: Beatriz Esguerra Art

Best in Czech Republic: Knupp Gallery

Best in Georgia: UGallery

Best in Israel: Corridor Contemporary

Best in Japan: Nanzuka Underground

Best in Latvia: Galerija Romas Darzs

Best in Malaysia: Gallery des Artistes / Gallery@Tropicana

Best in Morocco: Comptoir des Mines Galerie

Best in Myanmar: New Treasure Art Gallery

Best in Portugal: Underdogs

Best in Taiwan: 1839 Contemporary Gallery

Best in United Kingdom: Miart Gallery London

Best in USA / Alabama: Alabama Contemporary Art Center

Best in USA / Arizona: Exposures International Gallery Of Fine Art

Best in USA / Iowa: Moberg Gallery

Best in USA / Nebraska: Kiechel Fine Art

Best in USA / South Dakota: South Dakota Art Museum

Best in USA / Utah: Ogden Contemporary Arts

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Thom Bierdz

One of Medium’s TOP ART CONTRIBUTORS, award-winning author, actor, film-maker, painter. 12 books: 6 on art. President of WAA & AAA & ACCA.